แบบทดสอบเรื่อง Past perfect

Do the exercises below on the past perfect simple and continuous and click on the button to check your answers.

(Before doing the exercises you may want to read the lesson on the past perfect simple and continuous)

Write the past participle of the following irregular verbs.

1. speak ______
2. catch ________
3. eat _________
4. understand ________
5. begin _________

Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (affirmative form.)

1. I lost the key that he (give) __________  to me.
2. He told me that he (see) ______________  the film .
3. I went outside as I (hear) ____________  a noise.
4. When they came home, Liza (cook) ____________  dinner.
5. We could not send you a postcard because we (lose) ___________  your address.

Complete the sentences in past perfect simple (negative).

1. The waiter served something that we (not / order) _____________  .
2. He went to the country which he (not / visit) _______________  before.
3. She picked out the red dress, which she (not / wear)___________   for ages.
4. He (not / swim) ___________  in the beach before that day.
5. His mother was angry because he (not / do) ___________  the shopping for her.

Complete the questions in past perfect simple.

1. (you / finish) __________  your homework before you went to the cinema?
2. Why (you / not /clean) __________  the bathroom before you took a bath?
3. (you / have) _____________  breakfast before you left the house?
4. (she / manage) __________  to find a place to stay when she went to London?
5. Where (she / stay) _________  before she moved to live with her friend?

Put the verbs into the correct form (past perfect or the simple past)

1. The storm (destroy) ____________  the house that they had built .
2. The children (clean) ___________  the blackboard they had used to do the mathematics exercise.
3. When she went out to play, she (do / already) ___________  her homework.
4. She (eat) ___________  all of the food that we had made .
5. He took off the jacket he (put on) __________  before.

Put the verbs between brackets in the correct tense (past perfect simple or continuous.)

1. I (try)__________   to get tickets for that play for months before my friend finally got them.
2. When I arrived at the theater, my friend (pick, already)  ___________ up the tickets.
3. He was really angry because he (wait)  ___________ for more than half an hour when I arrived.
4. When the play started, I (already, apologize) ____________  to my friend.
5. We (watch) ______________  the play when the lights went off.

--------Answer--------
test A 

1. spoken
2.  caught
3. eaten
4. understood
5. begun

test B

1. had given / 'd given
2.  had seen / 'd seen
3. had heard / 'd heard
4. had cooked / 'd cooked
5. had lost / 'd lost

test C

1. had not ordered / hadn't ordered
2.  had not visited / hadn't visited
3. had not worn / hadn't worn
4. had not swum / hadn't swum
5. had not done / hadn't done

test D

1. Had you finished
2. had not you cleaned / hadn't you cleaned
3. Had you had
4. Had she managed
5. had she stayed

test E

1. destroyed
2.  cleaned
3. had already done / 'd already done
4. ate
5. had put on / 'd put on

test F

1.  had been trying
2.  had already picked / 'd already picked
3. had been waiting
4. had already apologized / 'd already apologized
5.  had been watching / 'd been watching